Cannes 2018: Inside the Havas Café

Cannes 2018: Inside the Havas Café

Havas Global Comms

June 18, 2018

‘A Place to Talk About Creativity’

For 12 years, the Havas Café has served as homebase for Havas Group during the Cannes Lions festival. A place to relax, meet with clients, have a drink, network, or take in an interesting panel discussion.

Havas Group’s Chief Communications Officer Lorella Gessa sits down with us to talk about her brainchild, and its humble beginnings on the terrace of a local bar. Gessa also shares how this year’s cafe—featuring a nearly 3,000 square-foot (270 square meters) entertainment lounge—will house showcases from Universal Music Group artists James Bay, Jessie Reyez, and Tanks and the Bangas.

“It was always meant as a place for our people to get together to talk about creativity,” she says.

For 12 years, the Havas Café has served as homebase for Havas Group during the Cannes Lions festival. A place to relax, meet with clients, have a drink, network, or take in an interesting panel discussion.

Havas Group’s Chief Communications Officer Lorella Gessa sits down with us to talk about her brainchild, and its humble beginnings on the terrace of a local bar. Gessa also shares how this year’s cafe—featuring a nearly 3,000 square-foot (270 square meters) entertainment lounge—will house showcases from Universal Music Group artists James Bay, Jessie Reyez, and Tanks and the Bangas.

“It was always meant as a place for our people to get together to talk about creativity,” she says.

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